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Frequently Asked Questions

Of the thousands of questions the center receives during the year, these are the most common topics for queries:

  1. Abbreviations, Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations, 1949
  2. Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings, 1970
  3. Aces, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
  4. African Americans and the U. S. Navy
  5. Aircraft Carriers, historical data on
  6. Aircraft in current Naval Aviation Inventory; photos, data and drawings
  7. Aircraft in current Naval Aviation Inventory; squadrons that fly them
  8. Aircraft Drawings
  9. Aircraft Markings, U.S. Navy
  10. Alabama, CSS
  11. Alligator, USS
  12. Alcohol in the Navy
  13. Alphabet, Phoenetic, and Signal Flags
  14. The U.S. Navy and the Amistad
  15. Armed Guard, Naval
  16. Astronauts, Chronology of Space Mission involving Navy and Marine Corps, 1961- April 1981
  17. Aviation Insignia, Places that Sell Aviation Patches
  18. Aviation Squadron Lineages
  19. Awards and Medals
  20. Ball Caps
  21. Battle Streamers, U.S. Navy
  22. Bells on Ships
  23. Bermuda Triangle
  24. Bibliography Series
  25. Biographies of Navy personnel new information
  26. Birthday of the U.S. Navy
  27. Birthplace of the U.S. Navy
  28. Book Dealers
  29. Boxer Rebellion, China 1900-1901
  30. Brashear, Carl, Master Chief Boatswain's Mate
  31. "Brass Monkey"
  32. "Bravo Zulu"
  33. Burial at Sea
  34. Casualties: U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair in War
  35. Casualties: U.S. Navy Ships Lost in Selected Storm/Weather Related Incidents
  36. Casualties: U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Wounded in wars, conflicts and incidents with hostile forces 1775-present
  37. Casualties, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel, World War II
  38. Certificates for Crossing the Line, Plank Owners,and Other Unoffical Ceremonies
  39. Chief of Naval Operations, list of officers serving as
  40. Chief Petty Officer
  41. Christening, Launching, and Commissioning of U. S. Navy Ships
  42. Code Talkers, World War II
  43. Code Words, World War II
  44. Combat Demolition Units new information
  45. Commissioning Pennant
  46. Conflicts involving U.S. Navy
  47. Constitution, USS
  48. Crew Member Information
  49. Crossing the Line, Certificates, Documents, Eyewitness Accounts
  50. Crossroads, Atomic Tests at Bikini in 1946
  51. Cruise Books
  52. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  53. Customs and Traditions: a bibliography
  54. D-Day, the Normandy Invasion, 6-25 June 1944
  55. Dates in Naval History
  56. Decatur, Stephen
  57. Deck Logs of Navy Ships
  58. Destroyers Transferred to Great Britain under Destroyer for Bases Agreement
  59. Dining In/Dining Out
  60. Diving in the U.S. Navy; a Brief History
  61. Documents, Historic, Relating to U.S. Navy
  62. "Dog Tags," Personal Indentification Tags
  63. Earhart, Amelia
  64. Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Navy General Order No. 4
  65. Exercise Tiger, Normandy Training Exercise
  66. Exploration/Expeditions new information
  67. Family Members Serving Together at Sea
  68. Father of the U.S. Navy
  69. Flag, U.S. Navy
  70. Flags and Pennants, Information on U.S. Navy Use of
  71. Fleet Admirals
  72. Flight 19, Loss of
  73. "Frocking" of Naval Personnel
  74. German Espionage and Sabotage Against the U.S. During World War II
  75. Grenada, Operation Urgent Fury, Oct-Nov 1983
  76. Great White Fleet
  77. Honors to President George Washington
  78. Humanitarian new information
  79. H.L. Hunley, submerged wreck of
  80. Hurricanes and Typhoons: The Effect of Cyclonic Winds on U.S. Naval Operations.
  81. Hymn, Navy, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save,"
  82. Iwo Jima Flag Raising .
  83. Indianapolis, USS, (CA-35); Loss of, 30 July 1945
  84. Jones, John Paul
  85. Kosovo: U.S. Navy Lessons Learned During Operation Allied Force, 1999 new information
  86. Maine, USS, Sinking of, 1898
  87. Manila Bay, Battle of, 1 May 1898
  88. Marine Corps Historical Center
  89. Medals, Campaign and Service
  90. Medal of Honor, Navy & Marine Corps Recipients
  91. Merchant Ships and Merchant Mariners during World War II -Research Sources new information
  92. Merchant Ship Photography
  93. Midway, Battle of, 4-7 June 1942
  94. Military Goods Dealers
  95. Miller, Doris "Dorie" Pearl Harbor hero
  96. Motion Picture Information
  97. National Security and Military History: Research Guide
  98. Native Americans in the U.S. Navy
  99. Navy Cross
  100. Navy Department, Establishment of the
  101. Navy Numbers (FPO) World War II to disguise mail addresses
  102. NC-4, The First Flight Across the Atlantic
  103. Normandy Invasion, 6-25 June 1944
  104. Nuclear Testing
  105. Nurses in the U.S. Navy:
  106. Officers, Famous in the U.S. Navy, 1794-1815, Select Reading List
  107. Official Service and Medical Records
  108. Operation Tiger, Normandy Training Exercise
  109. Oral History: A Guide for Conducting Naval Historical Interviews
  110. Oral History: Creating a Personal Memoir of Your Naval Service
  111. Oral History: Recollections of World War II Experiences
  112. Patches, Navy: A Select Bibliography
  113. Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941updated information
  114. Persian Gulf, U.S. Navy and the new information
  115. Personal Indentification Tags, "Dog Tags"
  116. Personal Memoir, How to Create
  117. Personnel Records: Service and Medical
  118. Personnel Strength of the Navy 1775-present
  119. Philadelphia Experiment
  120. Photography, U.S. Navy
  121. Photographers, Commercial
  122. Plank Owners
  123. Pirate, USS, (AM-275); Loss of, 12 Oct 1950
  124. Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion, 17 July 1944
  125. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims
  126. Precedence of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
  127. Presidents who Served in the U.S. Navy
  128. Presidential Ship Visits
  129. Prisoners of War, World War II
  130. Proximity Fuse
  131. PT Boats: Information and a Select Bibliography
  132. Q-Ships (anti-submarine vessels disguised as merchant ships)
  133. Quonset Huts
  134. Ratings (Jobs) of Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Navy
  135. Recipes, Navy
  136. Regulations, historic naval
  137. Researchers, Commercial
  138. Reunion Sources
  139. Reunion-Veteran Organizations
  140. "Rocks and Shoals"
  141. USS Scorpion, USS, (SSN-589); Lost on 22 May 1968
  142. S-33, USS, (SS-138)
  143. Seabees, History of Naval Construction Battalions
  144. Seal, U.S. Navy
  145. Secretary of the Navy, Individuals serving as
  146. Ship's Bell
  147. Shipboard Life in the 19th Century
  148. Ship Force Levels, 1886-present
  149. Ships: Launching and Commissioning
  150. Ships, U.S. Navy: Histories updated information
  151. Ships, U.S. Navy: Lost and Damaged in Action during Wars
  152. Ships: U.S. Navy: Lost in Selected Storm/Weather Related Incidents
  153. Ships, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard: Lost or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II
  154. Ship Naming in the United States Navy
  155. Ship Plans
  156. Ship Study, Sources
  157. Ships' Deck Logs
  158. Ships' Patches
  159. Signal Flags
  160. Somers, brig, 1842
  161. Squalus, USS (SS-192): The Sinking, Rescue of Survivors, and Subsequent Salvage, 1939
  162. Submarine Battle Flags of World War II
  163. Submarines, U.S. Navy: Losses, Selected Accidents, and Selected Incidents of Damage Resulting from Enemy Action
  164. Submerged Aircraft and Ships; Navy Department Policy
  165. Sullivan Brothers
  166. 21-gun Salute
  167. Tecumseh, USS
  168. Terrorism, Research Guide
  169. Thresher, USS, (SSN-593); lost on 10 April 1963
  170. Titanic, RMS
  171. Tokyo Bay Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945
  172. Tonkin Gulf, Crisis, August 1964
  173. Tulip, USS
  174. Typhoons and Hurricanes: The Effect of Cyclonic Winds on U.S. Naval Operations
  175. U-2 and Aircraft Carrier Deployment
  176. U-505, Capture of
  177. U-571
  178. U-1105, submerged wreck of
  179. UFO Research Guide
  180. Uniforms, naval
  181. VT Fuze or Radio Proximity Fuze
  182. Wars and Conflicts of the U.S. Navy updated information
  183. Washington, George, Honors to the President
  184. Washington Navy Yard history
  185. Weather Related Incidents
  186. What a Navy Command should do if it is going to be disestablished, deactivated or decommissioned? new information
  187. Women in the U.S. Navy
  188. Z-Grams
  189. Zumwalt, Elmo Jr., Admiral

11 August 2004